Legal Opinion
Ford v. Skorich (In Re Skorich)
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 30, 2007No. 06-2395PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
On this appeal, state family law intersects with the federal bankruptcy statute. On May 14, 2003, Donna Skorich (“Sko-rich”) filed a petition for divorce from J. Gregory Skorich (“the debtor”) with the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Family Court. Pursuant to N.H.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 458:16-b (2000), the Family Court issued an order restraining each party from disposing of any property belonging to either of them (subject to narrow exceptions). Under state law, this granted Skorich an equitable interest in the marital property subject to its later division by the court. Bursey v.…
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